Grooming a person for unlawful sexual activity with a child under the person’s authority
(1) In this section— adult person means a person who is of or above the age of 18 years. child means a person who is under the age of 16 years. unlawful sexual activity means an act that constitutes an offence under this Division or Division 10A, 15 or 15A (or, in the case of an act occurring outside this State, that would constitute such an offence if it occurred in this State). (2) An adult person— (a) who provides a person (other than a child) with any financial or other material benefit, and (b) who does so with the intention of making it easier to procure a child who is under the authority of the person for unlawful sexual activity with the adult person or any other person, is guilty of an offence. (3) Proceedings for an offence under this section may only be instituted by or with the approval of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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